344 genttanace^e. (gentian family.) 



corolla not twice the length of the oval lobes. — Oswego, New York, near the 

 old fort. July. — Plant 6' - 1 2' high : corolla 3" - 4" long. (Adv. from Eu. ) 



2. E. ramosi'ssima, Pers v var. pulchella, Griscb. Low (2' -6' high) ; 

 stem many times forked above and forming a diffuse cyme ; leaves ovatc-obloug or 

 oval ; flowers all on short pedicels; tube of the (pink-purple) corolla thrice the 

 length of the elliptical-oblong lobes. (E. Muhlcnbergii, Griscb., as to Penn. 

 plant. Exacum pulchellum, Pursh.) — Wet or shady places, Long Island to E. 

 Virginia: scarce. — Elowers smaller than in No. 1. (Nat. from Eu.) 



3. E. sncATA, Pers. Stem strictly upright ; the floivers sessile and spiked 

 along one side of the simple or rarely forked branches ; leaves oval and oblong, 

 rounded at the base, acutish; tube of the (rose-colored or whitish) corolla 

 Bcarcely longer than the calyx, the lobes oblong. (E. Pickeringii, Oakes.) — 

 Sandy shore, Massachusetts (Nantucket, Oakes) and Virginia (Norfolk, Rugel). 

 ■ — Plant 6'- 10' high, remarkable for the spike-like arrangement of the flowers. 

 (Nat. from Eu.'?) 



3. FBASEBA, Walt. American Columbo. 



Calyx deeply 4-parted. Corolla deeply 4-parted, wheel-shaped, each division 

 with a glandular and fringed pit on the upper side. Filaments awl-shaped, 

 usually somewhat monadclphous at the base : anthers oblong, versatile. Style 

 persistent: stigma 2-lobed. Pod oval, flattened, 4-14-sceded. Seeds large 

 and flat, wing-margined. — Tall and show herbs, with upright and mostly 

 simple stems, bearing whorled leaves, and numerous pcduncled flowers in open 

 cymes, which are disposed in an ample elongated panicle. (Dedicated to John 

 Eraser, a well-known and indefatigable collector in this country towards the 

 close of the last century.) 



1. F. Cai'oliiiensiS, Walt. Smooth, tall (3° -8° high) ; leaves mostly 

 in fours, lance-oblong, the lowest spatulate (1° long), veiny ; panicle pyramidal, 

 loosely flowered ; divisions of the corolla oblong, mucronate, longer than the 

 narrowly lanceolate calyx-lobes, each with a large and round gland on their 

 middle; pod much flattened parallel -with the flat valves, y. (2) ? — Rich dry 

 soil, S. W. New York to Wisconsin and Kentucky, and southward. July. — 

 Root very thick and bitter. Corolla 1' broad, light greenish-yellow, marked 

 with brown-purple dots. 



4. HALENIA, Borkh. Spurred Gentian. 



Calyx 4-5-parted. Corolla short bell-shaped, 4-5-clcft, without folds or 

 fringe, prolonged at the base underneath the erect lobes into spurs, which are 

 glandular in the bottom. Stigmas 2, sessile, persistent on the oblong flattish 

 pod. Seeds rather numerous, oblong. — Small and upright herbs, with yellow- 

 ish or purplish paniclcd-eymose flowers. (Name of unknown meaning.) 



1. H. defflexa, Griscb. Leafy (9' -18' high), simple or branched above; 

 leaves 3 - 5-nervcd, the lowest oblong-spatulatc and petioled ; the others oblong- 

 lanceolate, acute; spurs cylindrical, obtuse, curved and descending, half the 

 length of the acutely 4-lobed corolla. © @ I Swertia corniculata, L., partly.) 



